Chair-seat above front wheels of cycles.



PATIENTED OCT. 6, 1903.

J. OTTERBEIN. CHAIR SEAT ABOVE FRONT WHEELS OF GYGLES.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 13, 1903.

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Patented. October 6, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH OTTERBEIN, OF EICHSTETTEN, GERMANY.

CHAlR-SEAT ABOVE FRONT WHEELS OF CYCLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 740,905, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed May 13, 1903. Serial No. 157,014. (No model.)

have invented a new and useful Means ofv Transport, of which the following is a specification.

' The present invention relates tothe arrangement of a special chair-seat contrivance on a cycle-for example, on a bicycle.

In the accompanying drawings such chairseat is displayed in three figures as arranged on an ordinary bicycle.

Figure 1 shows the contrivance in use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of an example of same as constructed, and Fig. 3 gives a perspective representation of same.

Two strong rods 01 and e are fixed on the upper and under end parts, respectively, of the tube a, which above carries the handlebar attachment 5 and below takes the fork c of the front wheel. These rods project at each side at right angles to such tube a. The

ends of the higher rod d are connected withv arm-pieces f. The ends of the lower rod e are connected with seat-pieces g, which curve over the wheel. The arm-pieces fare brought down on the seat-pieces g at a point-h in the latter. There these two systems are connected together by a traverse *5. They are also connected by cross-pieces it, running obliquely back from under the elbows of the arm-pieces. Thus is produced a lattice-like but firm foundation of a stable frame capable of bearing a considerable weight.

The seat-pieces g curve over in front of the wheel and at a suitable distance therefrom. To their lower ends are linked foot-pieces Z, which compose a support of the usual shape buckled on.

for the feet of a person using the contrivance. This support folds upward, and when it is let down two traverses 'm and to keep its connection with the main frame stiff and firm. At both sides to the upper ends of the seatpieces'g are linked back-pieces 0, which, with a number of traverses q, form a back for the chair. Such back-pieces are so constructed and set as not to interfere with the working of an ordinary brake and extend upward'beyond the handle-bars. Short straps pconnect the back-pieces o with the upper ends of the arm-pieces f and hold the back fast. Leather or canvas can be stretched over the iron frame to make sitting thereon comfortable, or, if preferred, an upholstered equipment can be Then, too, the frame of this chair-seat can be constructed of a material other than solid iron-for instance, of tubing.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A chair-seat above front wheel of cycles, which chair-seat is composed of two rods d and e, arm-pieces f, seat-pieces g, traverses 4 connecting said arm-pieces and seat-pieces, cross-pieces it also connecting said arm-pieces and seat-pieces, foot-pieces Z, traverses m and a connecting such foot-pieces, back-pieces 0, traverses q connecting these back-pieces, and straps which connect said back-pieces o with above arm-pieces f, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JOSEPH OTTERBEIN.

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN WEILBRENNER, BENJAMIN F. LIEFELD. 

